Ruffled crepe paper



uga 26 lg.

L. c. LEACH RUFFLED CRPE PAPER Patented Aug. 26, 1924.` l

RUFELED CRPE ,PAPER i Application led September 22, 1923. Serial No.664,245.

To all whom i may concern: f

Be it known that I, LESTER C.' LEACH, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Framingham, in the coun.- ty of Middlesex andState of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inRuflled Crpe Paper, of which the following is a specification. Theobject of the invention is to provide.

ordinary crpe paper or otherr crpe material with ruiles to enhance thedecorative effect, to form the ruftles in the crping process, to holdthe ruillesk in ruilled -condition by the crping of the materialadjacent lthe r'uflles without stitching the other fastening means(although such means may be employed if desired to form the ruiflesintegrally with the body of the paper, to form a rui-lied sheet of crpematerial which in use has little if any; greater tendency to stretchthan ordinary crpe material, notwithstanding the ruiiles, and generallyto improve the appearance and construction of crpe paper and the like. aI

For the purpose of illustrating the genus of the invention, two concreteembodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawin in Which:- f

`ig. 1 is a front View of a portion of a ruflied sheet of crpe material;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of a portlon of the sheet;

F ig. 3 is an edge view of a portion of the sheet;

Fig. l4 is a diagram illustrating the method of manufacturing the sheet;

Figs. 5 to 8,-- which correspond to Figs. l to 4 respectively,illustrate another form of the invention; and

Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating another stage of the process ofmanufacture.

The particular embodiment of the inven# tion illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3comprises a sheet of material crped transversely as indicated at 1 andhaving rows of rufiies 2 extending longitudinally thereof. Therows ofruflies are interconnected with the crped portion of the sheet alongtheir center lines 3 as hereinafter described, the free ends of therullies extending laterally to each side of the center lines 3.

The modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 5 to 7 comprises asheet having longitudinal rows of ruiiles 11 and being transverselycrped intermediate the ruffles as indicated at 12. In this form theruttles of .each of the double rows 11 are inte-rconnected with thesheet along their outer edges with the free ends of the rutllesprojecting toward each other.

he preferred method of forming the sheet shown in Figs. l to 3 is asfollows. A sheet of tissue paper or other suitable material is foldedlongitudinally as shown in Fig. 4, each fold being inthe form of a pleatwith the folded edges 4 substantially meeting. These folds arepreferably folded as Hat as possible so that the overlapping portions ofthe fold are in face contact (the overlapping portions being separatedin the gure for the p-urpose of appearance). After the sheet ,has beenfolded and pressed either by hand or by machinery the sheet 1s runthrough an ordinary crping machine with the lower side of the sheetagainst the crping roll.

A suitable crping machine is illustrated diagrannnatically in Fig. 9where 2l represents a roll of the material to be crped, 22 a rolldipping in the tank of liquid 23 for wetting the paper, 24 a heated rollwhich bears against the roll 22. As the paper travels between the tworolls 22 and 24 it is first wet by the roll 22 and then the excessmoisture is squeezed out as the paper crosses the plane connecting theaxes of the two rolls. As the paper travels with the roll 24 it ispartiall dried and after making a partial revolution with the roll it isstripped from the roll by the doctor knife 25 which crimps orcrpes thepaper as it leaves the roll.

In making the form shown in Figs. l to 3 the folded tissue paper passesthroulgh the crping machine with its lower side ig. 4) against" theroller 24. Thus as the paper is stripped from the roll 24 by the doctorknife 25 portions 1 of the sheet which contact with the roll are crpedbut the superposed portions 5 and 6 are left substantially uncrped sincethey do not contact with the roll and hence cannot adhere to the roll asrequired for crping. The crping of the juxtaposed folds 4 (Fig. 4) ofthe sheet results in a substantial intercr ing of the longitudinalcenter of the overlying portion 6 of the fold therewith, so that .whilethe lateral portions 7 (Fig. 4) of the folds ruffle up, the longiitudinal center of the top layer 6 is inter-v with theroll 24.

crped with the edges 4. This not only holds the longitudinal center ofthe layer 6 in the plane of the sheet as shown in Fig. 3 but thisintercrping ties together the crped ortions 1 on opposite sides of eachrow o ruiles. Consequently when the finished sheet is dried thejunctions 8 (Fig. 2) between the juXtaposed folds 4 have substantiallyno tendency to open unless the sheet is subjected to an' abnormallystrong transverse tension.

The form shown in Figs. 5to 7 is made in substantially the same way asthat above described except that the folded material is fed throughthecrping machine upsidedown, the lower side ('Fig. 8) contacting Thisresults in the sheet being crped throughout the widths-between the folds13 and also throughout the widths between the lines where the folds 18bear against the overlying portions of the sheet, that'is between thelines 14--14, 15-15, etc. Along the lines 13--14 and 13-15 the folds areintercrimped with the body of the sheet thus forming junctions 16 (Figs.6 and 7 the abutting edges of which are securely locked togethen by theintercrping. he overlying portions 17 of the folds curl up in the formof uncrped rufilesas shown in Figs. 5 and 7.

From the foregoing it will be evident that the preferred embodiments ofthe invention have theJ following characteristics. The crped widths(that is the widths between the junction lines 8 in lFig. 2 and betweenthe junction lines 16 in Fig. 6)' substantially meet along the bases ofthe rufies and the meeting edges are intercrped with the bases to holdthe edges together and to hold the ruiiles in ruilied condition. In eachembodiment one edge of margin ofeach fold is intercrped with the sheet;thus, in

the first embodiment the converging or abutting edges or margins 4 areintercrped with the portion of the sheet immediately there# over (Fig.4) while in the second embodiment the outer or diverging folds 13 areintercrped with the portions of the sheet immediately thereover namelyat 14 and 15 'in Fig. 8. It will also be evident that the folds in eachembodiment are double and that the folds of each'emb'odiment comprise'two adjacent doublel folds reversed relatively to each other; forexample, referring to the left-hand end of Fig. 4 the right-hand folds 4and 7 constitute one double fold which is reversed with respect to thelefthand double fold 4-7, the folds 4 of the two adjacent double foldsconverging or being directed toward each other and the folds 7 of theother pair diverging or being directed away from each other. In thefirst form the folds of pair 4-4 are intercrimped or intercrped with theoverlying portion of the sheet while the folds of the other pair 7--7sheet while the folds of pair 17-17 are uncrimpedand ruffled.

l claim:

1. A sheet of crped material having an integral row of uncrped rufileson one side thereof. l

2. A sheet of material having a row of integral ruiiles on one sidethereof, the sheet being crped transversely of said row to hold theruiiies in position.

3. A sheet of material having a row of integral ruiiles on one sidethereof, the sheet being crped transversely on each side of said row.

. 4. A sheet of paper having alternate widths crped and uncrpedrespectively, the 'uncrped widths being ruiiied.

5. A sheet of paper having alternate `widths crped and uncrpedrespectively, the .unerped widths being folded and ruffled, and thecrped widths substantially meeting along the base lines of the ruies.

6. A sheet of paper having alternate widths crped and uncrpedrespectively, the uncrped widths being folded and ruffled, the crpedwidths substantially meeting along the bases of the rufiies and themeeting edges bases to hold the edges together.

7. An article of the character described comprising a sheet'of crpedmaterial having an integral row of ruiiies extending transversely ofthercrpe, the rufles being in part intercrped with the sheet and in partfree from the sheet.

8. sheet of paper having a fold extendL ing longitudinall thereof, thesheet being crped transverse y and onemargin of the foldA beingintercrped with the sheet.

9. A1 sheet' of paper tending longitudinally thereof, the sheet befhaving a fold ex` being intercrped with said the other margin of thefold being free and ruffled.

10. A sheet of paper having a'double fold providing a folded edge oneach side of the sheet with three thicknesses between the folded edges,the sheet, including one of said thicknesses, of the folds crped withfree and ruilled.

with one of said edges rinterthe sheet, the other edge being the othertwo thiclmesses being being crped transversely l 11. A sheet ofpaperhaving two adjacent double folds reversed relatively to each otherto provide apair of converging folded margins on one side of the sheetand a pair of diverging folded margins on the other side, the sheetbeing crimped transversely of said folds with'one pair of said margins'intercrimped `therewith and the 1 3. The art of making ruffled crpepaper 10 other pair of margins being ruflled. which comprises pleatinguncrped paper 12. The art of making rufled crpe paper and simultaneouslyorping the paper transwhich comprises impressing a doufble fold verselyof the pleats and intercrping parts 5 in the paper and then erping'thepaper of the pleats with other parts of the paper.

transversely of 'the fold, one edge of the Signed by me at Framingham,Massa- 15 dou-ble fold being intercrimped with the chusetts, this 18 dayof September 1923.

overlapping paper and the other edge left free. LESTER CnLEACH.

